Desta is a for-profit, for-impact organization that has a technology platform and a network of village managers to make available income generating and cost saving products and services in remote rural areas. With a strong focus on Agriculture, Education and Health, Desta aims to contribute significantly to rural prosperity.

Job Details

Title:

Technology Consultant

Posted On: 11/23/2016 6:28:40 AM

Designation:

Technology Consultant

No. of vacancies: 1

Qualifications:

Essential Skills:

Not specified

Minimum Total Experience: 0

Job Tenure: Full-time Only

Salary Offered:

Job Location: Mumbai / WardhaMaharashtraIndia

Job Description

Technology Consultant

Project Goal: Our project goal is to research the minimum technological tools that meet the criteria for accessing, communicating, and displaying information in rural areas.

Project Description: Desta seeks to determine effective, affordable, scalable solutions for sharing and receiving information in rural communities. Desta reasons that to do this will require tools for sending and receiving information (smart phone, netbook, computer, etc) and tools for presenting information (projector, DVD players and TVs, netbooks, etc). When the best solution is found, Desta believes that it can have a significant impact on alleviating poverty through providing cost effective expertise in agriculture, animal husbandry, health, education and financial services previously unavailable in low income and rural communities.

Identify the technology tools to test in villagesConduct extensive testing of these technology tools packages with Desta village managersFind out the most cost effective packages to provide any expert service in villagesAuthor and publish a research paper on the findingsPreferred Qualifications:

Needs to have experience working with technology tools such as smartphones, tablets, projects, DVD players, etc.Should be aware of new developments and possible future developments in such technology tools spaceExperience in publishing research reports on such technology projects is preferredExperience working in villages in preferredStrong analytical ability is a mustComputer Science or Information Technology graduate/undergraduate from a tier 1 engineering schoolRequirement: Immediate, Full time

Location: Wardha, Maharashtra

Compensation: Competitive, but cannot be the primary driver. We are looking for people extremely passionate about using technology to solve social problems

The problems that DESTA is solving are very complex and have remained largely unsolved in many parts of the world. So, if you have the enthusiasm, competence, and perseverance to solve the above problem to have a huge social impact around the world, please send in your resume with cover letter to info@destaglobal.com with the label andlt;Technologyandgt; in the subject of the email.